Definizione monolingua

spare

spare (third-person singular simple present spares, present participle sparing, simple past and past participle spared)

1. (to show mercy): To desist; to stop; to refrain.
2. (to show mercy): To refrain from inflicting harm; to use mercy or forbearance.
3. (to show mercy): To preserve from danger or punishment; to forbear to punish, injure, or harm; to show mercy.
   • 1883, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island

     Kill me, if you please, or spare me.

4. (to keep): To be frugal; not to be profuse; to live frugally; to be parsimonious.
5. (to keep): To keep to ones self; to forbear to impart or give.
6. (to keep): To save or gain, as by frugality; to reserve, as from some occupation, use, or duty.
7. (to give up): To deprive ones self of, as by being frugal; to do without; to dispense with; to give up; to part with.

spare (plural spares)

1. The act of sparing; moderation; restraint.
2. Parsimony; frugal use.
3. An opening in a petticoat or gown; a placket.
4. That which has not been used or expended.
5. A spare part, especially a spare tire.
6. (bowling) The right of bowling again at a full set of pins, after having knocked all the pins down in less than three bowls. If all the pins are knocked down in one bowl it is a double spare; in two bowls, a single spare.
7. (bowling) The act of knocking down all remaining pins in second ball of a frame; this entitles the pins knocked down on the next ball to be added to the score for that frame.

spare (comparative sparer, superlative sparest)

1. scanty; not abundant or plentiful.

   a spare diet

2. sparing; frugal; parsimonious; chary.
3. Being over and above what is necessary, or what must be used or reserved; not wanted, or not used; superfluous.

   I have no spare time.

4. Held in reserve, to be used in an emergency; as, a spare anchor; a spare bed or room.
5. lean; wanting flesh; meager; thin; gaunt.
6. slow

Definizione dizionario spare

accendere

assicurare

dare

disponibile

donare

economizzare

frugale

immagazzinare

inutile

lasciare

lesinare

libero

misero

parco

passare

perdonare

pezzo di ricambio

prestare

ricambio

rincrescere

riservare

risparmiare

risparmiarsi

scarso

scorta

scusare

tempo libero

uscire

Altri significati:

being over and above what is necessary

(bowling) The act of knocking down all remaining pins in second ball of a frame; this entitles the pins knocked down on the next ball to be added to the score for that frame.

lean; wanting flesh; meager; thin; gaunt.

That which has not been used or expended.

spare (life)

A spare part, especially a spare tire.

(to show mercy): To refrain from inflicting harm; to use mercy or forbearance.

(to show mercy): To preserve from danger or punishment; to forbear to punish, injure, or harm; to show mercy.

scanty; not abundant or plentiful.

scanty, not abundant or plentiful

(to keep): To save or gain, as by frugality; to reserve, as from some occupation, use, or duty.

(to keep): To keep to one's self; to forbear to impart or give.

slow

(bowling) The right of bowling again at a full set of pins, after having knocked all the pins down in less than three bowls. If all the pins are knocked down in one bowl it is a double spare; in two bowls, a single spare.

sparing; frugal; parsimonious; chary.

(to keep): To be frugal; not to be profuse; to live frugally; to be parsimonious.

(to give up): To deprive one's self of, as by being frugal; to do without; to dispense with; to give up; to part with.

held in reserve

Being over and above what is necessary, or what must be used or reserved; not wanted, or not used; superfluous.

The act of sparing; moderation; restraint.

Held in reserve, to be used in an emergency; as, a spare anchor; a spare bed or room.

(to show mercy): To desist; to stop; to refrain.

take (good) care of

An opening in a petticoat or gown; a placket.

Parsimony; frugal use.